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City appoints Celena Morrison to lead Office of LGBT Affairs
She will begin the new post on March 2. Morrison will drive the office’s policy work and advise city government on the needs of LGBTQ+ individuals.
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Broad Street Run lottery opens Saturday for one of Philly’s most iconic races
You’ll have the chance starting Saturday when the Broad Street Run lottery system opens for the May 3 event. Roughly 50,000 people apply each year for one of 40,000 bibs.
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Bok North? Historic Kensington school reopening as space for creatives
It took two years to renovate the giant building, which will open mid-March.
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Multiple Coast Guard stations coordinate to rescue man off N.J.
U.S. Coast Guard personnel rescued a crewmember aboard a fishing vessel off New Jersey Thursday afternoon.
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Boy, 4, fatally shoots self; dad charged with manslaughter
The boy was home with his father and another child when he took a gun from a closet and shot himself, Philadelphia police say
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US advises against travel to China; virus declared emergency
The number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period reported Friday.
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Donor found ‘right at home’ for N.J. baby needing liver transplant, mother says
After being widely shared across social media and the radio and television airwaves, a match "right at home" has been found for a baby girl needing a liver transplant.
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What does the future of farming in Pa. look like? Who and where are the big questions
“It is something that is ever-present, this issue of transition.”
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Golden Farms: New Overbrook supermarket to open by Valentine’s Day
The location was originally a ShopRite, which the owner said he shut down because of the soda tax.
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Local sports columnist witnessed Kobe greatness up close
Marcus Hayes, a sports columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, remembers years of covering Kobe Bryant both in high school and the NBA.
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Listen 6:39Vanessa Bryant statement: ‘We are completely devastated’
Vanessa Bryant also announced the formation of a fund to help support the other families that were affected by the crash.
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Mummers leadership meet with City Council members over use of blackface
Mummers leadership appears on board with supporting a proposal floated in City Council that would ban members who take to the streets wearing blackface in the annual parade.
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Things to do and celebrate in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: Black history, Lunar New Year and the upcoming Oscars.
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Listen 5:25Despite the January chill, the Wharton Square Park rec center room was stiflingly hot as longtime allies and area residents shouted their love for the council representative.
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Listen 1:52Magistrate finds Pa. pipeline opponents guilty in trespass case
The Clatterbucks say it's an example of intimidation by security guards hired by Energy Transfer.
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